Button.



No. 708,7. Patented Sept. 9, I902.

' J. HILDER.

B U T T 0 N (Application filed m 16, 1902.\

No Model.)

IAHlllI IIAHI' IYMIIIIIWI/ H l TTORNEY NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB HILDER, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,711, datedSeptember 9, 1902.

Application filed May 16, 1902. Serial No. 107,641. (No model.)

To all; whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, J AOOB HILDER, a citizen of the United States,"and aresident of the borough of Manhattan, New York city, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons, of which thefollowing is a specification. My invention relates to a stud or buttondesigned for use more particularly in connection withgarment-supporters, itsessential features being an apertured top or capand a piece of yielding material adapted to be seated beneath said cap,and caused to project sufficiently through the aperture thereof to givea cushion or surface for frictional engagement with the garment.

My invention will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of a button andthe base to which it is attached. Fig. 2 is a view in detail of theseveral parts of the button, the parts being unassembled. Figs. '3, 4,and .5 are views similar to Fig. 2, showing modified constructions; andFig. 6 is a side elevation of the but ton with the parts assembled.

The Webbing or other material composing the supporter is attached to thebase A in the usual or any suitable way, the said base being formed withthe usual slots at, through' which the webbing is threaded. AnyWellknown form of loop maybe employed with the present button to claspthe intervening fabric.

The drawings show various embodiments of my invention; butin all of themthe head. of the button is apertured, and through the aperture is madeto'project 'a piece of yielding material, which maybe of rubber, velvet,

felt, cloth, or fibrous materialin fact, any

yielding substance which will present a surface to which. the materialof the garment will tend to cling. All parts of the button except theyielding material will preferably be made of metal to secure thenecessary stiffness or rigidity of the device, although the parts orsomeof them may be made of other materials adapted or suitable for thepurpose.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the base, of the usual or anyordinary construction, and B the shank or stem,'here shown as shown inFig. 6; Instead of making the shank or stem as shown it may beconstructed in any other way familiar to those having a knowledge ofdevices of this character. W hati ever may be the form of the shank orstem, its upper portionconstitutes a seat. In the drawings the seat isshown as formed by the offset or shoulder 12', although I do not limitmyself to a shank or stern having a regularlydefined seat at its upperportion.

In the example of my invention illustrated by Fig. 2 I employ a disk orplate 0, preferably made convex on its upper side and adapted to bereceived and seated upon the upper end of the shank or stem. Upon thepart 0 is seated a piece of yielding material D of the characterabove'referred to. Over the latter I place a cap E, having asubstantially central aperture c. When the parts are assembled, thedepending ring or flange e of the cap E is turned in so as to embracethe shank or stem 1) and preferably to rest against the under side ofthe shoulder b, giving a top of greater diameter than the shank or stemand whose periphery or rim is substantially semicircular incross-section. The compression of the yielding piece D between the capand the plate 0 forces the central portion of the said piece Dtip-through the aperture 6, so that it projects beyond the plane of thecap E, the parts when assembled appearing as in Fig. 6. p

In Fig. 3 I have .shown another form,- in which is employed a stud orrivet F, having a head f, which head is adapted to rest. upon the seatof the shank or stem B, the stem of said stud extending downwardlythrough the hollow shank B and, if neceSSa YQMpSet. The piece ofyielding material D rests fuponwthe head f of the stud or rivet, and thepressure exerted upon the cap E. in assembling the parts forces theyielding material up through the aperture, so that it projects in thesame manner that it does-when assembling the forms of the invention, theentire button being composed of only four parts. In Fig, 4.- the piece Dis constituted of a narrow strip of preferably flat yielding material,substantially twice the length of the distance between the base and topof the button and bent over upon itself, so that the fold will projectthrough the aperture 0 and the contiguous portions will extend into theshank or stem B and be retained therein when the parts are assembled. InFig. 5 the piece of yielding material is seated directly upon theshoulder or upper portion of the shank or stem B. In both of these casesthe compression of theyielding material effected by seating the cap Eforces the yielding material up through the aperture 6. In fact, all ofthe described forms result, so far as outward appearance is concerned,in a button like that illustrated in Fig. 6.

A button constructed as above described presents a top having a centerof yielding material and a rim of metal, and slipping of the fabric willbe prevented by its frictional engagement with the central yielding topof the button.

The button is extremely simple in its construction, embodying few parts,which may be easily assembled.

The button which forms the subject-matter of my invention is capable notonly of use in connection with garment-supporters, but with obviouschanges in form it may be used fora variety of purposes. For example, itmay be used as a collar-button by making the base and shankof a size andlength, respectively, suitable for an article of that character.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a base-plate, a shank or stem projectingtherefrom, an apertured cap attached to said shank or stem and a pieceof yielding material seated beneath said cap and projecting through saidaperture.

2. The combination of abase-plate, a shank or stem projecting therefromand havinga seat or shoulder on its upper end, an apertured cap attachedto said shank or stem and a piece of yielding material seated beneathsaid cap and projecting through said aperture.

3. A button comprising an apertured cap or top and a piece of yieldingmaterial projecting through said aperture beyond the plane of said capor top.

4. A button comprising a stem and a head, the latter being of greaterdiameter than the former and having a metal periphery or rim and acentral fabric-engaging piece of yielding material.

5. A button having a shank and a head the latter being apertured and apiece of yielding material clamped between said head and shank so as toproject through the aperture of said head.

6. A button having a shank and a head the latter being apertured and apiece of yielding material interposed between said shank and cap andcompressed so as to project through the aperture of said head.

7. The combination of a base-plate, a shank or stem projectingtherefrom, a plate or disk seated on the top of said shank or stem, apiece of yielding material seated upon said plate or disk and anapertured cap, the said yielding material projecting through theaperture of said cap.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB HILDER.

\Vitnesses HENRY F. SAMSTAG, WILLIAM J. STRASBURGER.

